Car-step



(No Model.)

A. CAMERON & 0. E. RUSSELL. V

GAR STEP. 1 0. 280,1 q. Patented June 26,1883.

rIIllIlllll/IA' WITNESSES: a INVENTOR:

v 6 m f w BY: va

ATTORNEYS.

N Prrzn's. PholoLilhngmpher. Washinginm Dv c4 UNITED STATES P TENT OF ICE.

ARTHUR cAMERoN, or KALAMAZOO, AND CHARLES E. RUssELL, or GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

CAR-STEP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,129, dated June 26, 1883.

Application filed April 16,1853. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ARTI-IUR CAMERON, of Kalamazoo, in the county ofKalamazoo and State of Michigan, and CHARL s E. RessELL, of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent- I 5 quickly raised again, the apparatus being simple, substantial, and in ready command of a person, either onthe platform or on the ground; and it consists of the combination and construe ti on of parts, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion 2 5 of the end of acar and platform with our improved eXtension-step applied to it. 2 is a sectional elevation of the step and platform.

lVe arrange two strong rods or bars, a, in supporting-brackets I) under the ordinary steps,

0 c, and attached to them for support, so that said rods or bars a may slide up and down along the inclined plane of the steps; and on the lower ends of these rods, which ends we bend up parallel with the other steps, we attach an additional step, (I, so that when the bars are shifted up, said step will rise up 1111- der the lower step, 0, out of the reach of obstructions,about the same as the ordinary lowor permanent step, as in Fig. 2; and, when 4.0 shifted down,said step cl will form a continuation of the others, lessening the distance between them and the ground by one step,which is about what is required for convenience in mounting the permanent steps and dismounting from them.

If desired, the range of the sliding rods may be longer to let the extension-step down more than the height of the ordinary steps. To

shift said step up and down,we h ve provided the crank-shaft f,connecting-rod g, and the lever 71, the shaft and the connecting-rod being arranged under the permanent steps, and suitably supported and connected with the extension-step, and the lever being connected to one end of the shaft which projects from under the 5 5 steps at one side, and extending up along the end of the platfornijglwithin a guard, j, along which it swings to 'vard the center of the car, for raising the ste to a notch, 7:, into which it is thrust and h d by a spring, Z, to hold the step up. The lex er is within reach of the attendant, whethe on the platform or on the ground, so as to be shifted out of the notch against the spriiig and swing forward,when the step is to belet down, and rest against the front end of the guard.

The lever may be arranged alongside of the step-rail and in a guard attached thereto, to be worked from on the steps or on the ground; and it may be otherwise arranged, if preferred.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a car-step, the combination, with the permanent steps 0, of the cxtensioustep d, ,the bars or rods a,with their lower ends, which are secured to the under side of the extension-step, projecting from the rear edge of said step, and supported in brackets 1), depending from the under side of the permanent steps, the crank shaft j", with its inner end connected by a rod, g, to the extensionstep, said rod being arranged under the steps, and the hand-lever 2', adapted to be operated from the car-platform or from the ground and retained in position, 8 5 as shown and described. A

' ARTHUR CAMERON.

CHAS. ELLSW'ORTH RUSSELL. lVitnesses to the signature of Arthur Canr eron:

SAMUEL W. OXENFORD, FRANK E. KNQPPEN.

\Vitnesses to the signature of Charles E. Russell:

WM. J ENNINes, GEORGE DARLINGTON. 

